玩索
wán suǒ
Pinyin
Definition
玩索
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- to search for subtle traces
- to ponder
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to play
- 2 to have fun
- 3 to trifle with
- 4 toy
- 5 sth used for amusement
- 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
- 7 to keep sth for entertainment
- 1 player (of a game)
- 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
- 1 amusing
- 2 fun
- 3 interesting
- 1 to explore
- 2 to probe
- 1 to search (a place)
- 2 to search (a database etc)
Idioms (11)
不假思索
- 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
- 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
- 1 to mull over (idiom)
- 2 to think long and hard
吃喝玩乐
- 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
- 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
按图索骥
- 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
- 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
- 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)